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>ROLLBACK PREPARED</H1
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>ROLLBACK PREPARED&nbsp;--&nbsp;cancel a transaction that was earlier prepared for two-phase commit</DIV
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>ROLLBACK PREPARED <TT
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>transaction_id</I
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>   <TT
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>ROLLBACK PREPARED</TT
> rolls back a transaction that is in
   prepared state.
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>transaction_id</I
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>      The transaction identifier of the transaction that is to be
      rolled back.
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>   To roll back a prepared transaction, you must be either the same user that
   executed the transaction originally, or a superuser.  But you do not
   have to be in the same session that executed the transaction.
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>   This command cannot be executed inside a transaction block. The prepared
   transaction is rolled back immediately.
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>   All currently available prepared transactions are listed in the
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>   Roll back the transaction identified by the transaction
   identifier <TT
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>foobar</TT
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>ROLLBACK PREPARED 'foobar';</PRE
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><A
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>PREPARE TRANSACTION</A
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>COMMIT PREPARED</A
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